Ferganasaurus
Field photograph to come
Ferganasaurus
DV-0512 · type species Ferganasaurus verzilini
- Lived
- 165 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Kyrgyzstan
- Named by
- Alifanov and Averianov 2003
Field notes
About Ferganasaurus
Ferganasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 165 to 162 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ferganasaurus, from Kyrgyzstan. Its fossils come from the Balabansai Formation. It was named by Alifanov and Averianov in 2003.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Eusauropoda.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: V. R. Alifanov and A. O. Averianov. 2003. Ferganasaurus verzilini, gen. et sp. nov., a new neosauropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Fergana Valley, Kirghizia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(2):358-372